Norwich City boss Daniel Farke believes his side put in their best performance of the season at the City Ground in defeat to Nottingham Forest, who he thought merited more on the night.

Former Ipswich Town striker Daryl Murphy’s goal was enough to down the Canaries leaving City without a win in their last five games, though the German feels things will soon change if they keep up that level of performance.

"I am disappointed to lose because I thought it was our best away performance of the season," said Farke who watched his troops have just two attempts on target.

Forest arguably created the more clear-cut chances on the night with Murphy, Kieran Dowell and Muzzy Carayol all forcing Angus Gunn into smart saves to keep Mark Warburton’s men at bay before Murphy’s 77th minute winner.

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"We controlled the whole game, we calmed the whole stadium down and had everything under control, but the only thing that was missing was a goal,” bemoaned the 41-year-old.

Murphy, back in the Reds side after missing the defeat at Birmingham slid home Carayol’s pinpoint cross, though Farke thought it was soft from his side’s point of view with the City chief believing it came off the Irishman’s chin rather than foot.

Daryl Murphy and Mustapha Carayol embrace after the former opens the scoring against Norwich (Image: John Sumpter @ JMS Photography)

“Their goal was disappointing as we reacted too late and it was a soft goal in the end - the ball hit the chin of Murphy and it went in.

“Defeat is hard to accept as my lads invested so much. I criticised them after the last match as it was perhaps our worst home game, but 100 per cent this was our best away game.